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Example 41-151
keem, keensu fiiya, keem falaatu mesfalaa
keem,
who
keem-su
who-
gen
fiiya,
daughter
keem
who
falaa-tu
quot
-
pfv
mes-falaa
oblig
-say
[They] must say who [you are], and whose daughter [you are], who [you are]. (i.e. They must know who you are and whose daughter you are.)
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5243
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker
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